Open source comments projects
Every project in the registry tagged comments, ranked by real GitHub adoption.
A commenting system powered by GitHub Discussions. :octocat: :speech_balloon: :gem:
🌌 Your Self-hosted Comment System. | 自托管评论系统
Universal Reddit Scraper - A comprehensive Reddit scraping/archival command-line tool.
Mouthful is a self-hosted alternative to Disqus
A pluggable Django comments application with thread support, follow-up notifications, mail confirmation, like/dislike flags, moderation, a ReactJS plugin and Bo
💬 A privacy-friendly and customizable Disqus (comment system) alternate. 注重隐私保护和定制化的评论系统。
WordPress plugin that lets you use Discourse as the community engine for a WordPress blog
Frequently asked questions
How many open source comments projects are there?
This registry tracks 7 projects tagged comments, with 18,017 GitHub stars between them. The most-adopted is giscus at 12,110 stars.
Are these comments projects free to use?
Yes — 7 of the 7 carry an explicit open-source licence across 4 distinct licences, so there is no licence fee. Where a project also sells a hosted or enterprise version, the self-hosted path remains free.
Which comments project should I choose?
The list above is ranked by GitHub stars, but stars measure attention rather than fit. Check three things on each card: the licence (permissive versus copyleft), the language it is written in, and the last-push date — a high-star project that has not been pushed in a year is a liability.
Are these comments projects still maintained?
4 of the 7 were pushed in the last 90 days, and every card shows its exact last-push date so you can see the rest. Sort your shortlist by that date before committing to a migration.